Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2

Page(s):

2142

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press

Publication Place:

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

ISBN/ISSN:

0-8018-8221-4

Notes:

Reference for:

Puma

Geographic Information

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Comments

Comment:

Comments: Placed as a subgenus in Felis by McKenna and Bell (1997) who separated yagouaroundi into Felis (Herpailurus). Salles (1992), Johnson and O'Brien (1997), Bininda-Emonds et al. (1999), and Mattern and McLennan (2000) considered concolor and yagouaroundi monophyletic, with Acinonyx as the sister group

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